Jag hittade ett par till på min gamla dator. Enligt datumen på dokumenten så var jag 15 när jag skrev dessa, så fy skam kanske de inte är?
(Och förlåt, jag fuskar igen. Jag tycker helt enkelt att det andra utdraget passar bättre i sin helhet.)
When the rumours concerning the young lady Ariana Freegard’s wellbeing started circulating in the small village of ---, it was with subdued voices.
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There is this ability that seems to run in the blood of famous people, where they just happen to say the wittiest line of their lives the very moment before they die. These lines, those last words of their existence, have a great impact for generations to come – memorialized and recited decades after their deaths. This may be because of the complete irony of it. For example; Dominique Bouhours, the French grammarian, said “I’m about to – or I am going to – die; either expression is used.” Though I have to say I prefer Leonhard Euler’s simple “Ich sterbe”, translation
I am dying, just because it’s goddamn genius to say such a thing and actually be correct. It just happens once, if you know what I mean.
Mine? Well, I can’t say I am very proud of them, and they certainly won’t make me famous. “Fuck off” might not be the most charming last words, but at least they came from the heart.
